The Commonwealth of Learning, in association with the British academic publisher RoutledgeFalmer Press has published the third volume in the World review of distance education and open learning book series. Teacher Education through Open and Distance Learning was jointly published in August 2002.(B. Robinson and C. Latchem, eds.; ISBN: 0 415 36956 8; 251 pages, paperback).
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Teacher Education through Open and Distance Learning can be ordered from booksellers world-wide or directly from RoutledgeFalmer Press. It is also available, while quantities last, from The Commonwealth of Learning at a 25% discount. For orders from developing Commonwealth countries, shipping charges will be waived. Orders must be accompanied by a pre-payment of $30.00 Canadian (or equivalent US funds) plus shipping, if applicable, or charged to VISA or MasterCard accounts. Orders should be sent to COL's distribution agents: Government Publication Services, Queen's Printer, Attn. COL Customer Service, PO Box 9452 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W 9V7 Canada; tel: 250.387.6409 (toll-free in North America: 800.663.6105); fax: 250.387.1120; e-mail: QPPublications@gems5.gov.bc.ca. Order online at: www.publications.gov.bc.ca.
How can open and distance learning and information and communications technology (ICT) provide us with more - and better - teachers?
Open and distance learning is increasingly used in teacher education in developing and developed countries. It has the potential to strengthen and expand the teaching profession of the twenty-first century and to help achieve the target of education for all by 2015. Teacher Education through Open and Distance Learning examines the case for using open and distance learning and ICT to train our educators.
Teacher Education through Open and Distance Learning draws on wide-ranging and international experience to summarise the strengths and weaknesses of new approaches to the education of teachers. It offers invaluable guidance to policymakers, planners, headteachers and teachers.
CONTENTS:
Foreword - Gajaraj Dhanarajan
Chapter 1 - Teacher education: challenge and change Bernadette Robinson and Colin Latchem
Chapter 2 - Open and distance teacher education: uses and models Bernadette Robinson and Colin Latchem
Chapter 3 - Policy, planning and management of distance education for teacher education Chai Hon-Chan and Hena Mukherjee
Chapter 4 - Open and distance learning for initial teacher training Bob Moon and Bernadette Robinson
Chapter 5 - Open and distance education for teachers' continuing professional development Helen Craig and Hilary Perraton
Chapter 6 - Training non-formal, community and adult educators Charles Potter and Mohammad Aslam
Chapter 7 - Open and distance learning for school managers Tony Bush and Richard Charron
Chapter 8 - Selecting and using media in teacher education Adrian Kirkwood and Charles Joyner
Chapter 9 - Uses of information and communication technologies in teacher education Betty Collis and Insung Jung
Chapter 10 - Evaluation, research and quality Bernadette Robinson
Chapter 11 - The costs of distance education for training teachers João Batista Oliveira Robinson and François Orivel
Conclusions - Bernadette Robinson and Colin Latchem
Volume three editors
Volume three in the series was edited by Dr. Bernadette Robinson, Special Professor of Comparative Education at the University of Nottingham, U.K., and Professor Colin Latchem, international consultant on open learning and former Head of the Teaching Learning Group at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia.
